“2006 Encuentro”
Read a report by the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry about the First National Hispanic Youth and Youth Adult Ministry Encounter, held in June 2006.
Faith: Islam
“Hispanic Islamic Converts Find Comfort In God And Latino Culture”
Read a Sept. 11, 2012 Huffington Post article about the increase in hispanic Muslims across the country.
“A Brief History on the origin of the Nation of Islam in America”
Read about the history of the Nation of Islam and Beliefnet.com’s FAQs about the Nation of Islam.
“Malcolm X: A Search for Truth”
The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has an online exhibit about Malcolm X.
“It Will Take More Than a ‘Muslim Cosby Show'”
Read an article from The Root about tackling Islamophobia, much like The Cosby Show challenged African-American stereotypes.
“African American Muslims – An Integral Part of U.S. History”
Read a Feb. 12, 2013, StarTribune article about the growing African-American Muslim community and a bit about its history.
“African-American Islam Reformed: ‘Black Muslims’ and the Universal Ummah”
Read an outline of African-American Muslim history from On Common Ground: World Religions in America (Columbia University Press, 2002). It’s reprinted on the Pluralism Project’s website.
“The Anointed Son”
Read an excerpt of Taylor Branch’s book Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65 (Simon and Schuster, 1998) about the break between W. Deen Mohammed and his father, Elijah Muhammad, one of the founders of the Nation of Islam. It’s posted on Beliefnet.com.
“The Most Important Muslim You’ve Never Heard of”
Read a Beliefnet.com article about W. Deen Mohammed’s decision to step down as head of the American Society of Muslims.